ROFL, I just called my brother and told him to mail me the Omnibus. It's just been too long. Now, I just have to find So Long and Thanks for all the Fish. Hmmm....
I guess you're right, after all. If we say for example that because games have such a high replay value, compared to box-office films, then we would have to include the purchase of the home version (DVD or VHS) in the amount spent on the movie.
So, I guess comparing games to music would work much better, since I imagine you could compare the replay value of games to music much more readily. I think my point about music still stands, then; people are choosing to buy the latest game before the latest CD, and the music industry is blaming it on piracy, instead of realizing that the money IS being spent...just on something else.
Quick, to the KAZAAMOBILE!!! Actually, something that old probably isn't even available on kazaa. I do know for a fact that I have the movie sitting at home somewhere, but that's 280 miles from here....:(
...outsold the motion-picture industry by a billion dollars last year, and movie studios and record labels wonder why they are losing money? Come on! I've always thought that it was an obvious fact that 'x' dollars only go so far, and if some kid chooses to spend his allowance or paycheck on a computer game, there's that much less money LEFT to spend on a CD or movie ticket. Don't forget, either, that even just last year video games weren't nearly so prevalent. There are a lot more choices out there for me to spend my money on, but (go figure) I don't seem to have any more money this year to spend... The times, they are a changin', and the dinosaurs will be left in the dust.
Yeah, I sound just like a million other people, but I imagine myself and all those other people will continue to say the same things until they no longer need to be said.
You've reminded me of a book by...an author who's name I cannot remember. Perhaps you can help me. The book was about a guy who travelled to Venus in a wonderfully overengineered ship, pretty as hell, to recover the remains of his brother, who had gone earlier and died in the attempt. The Chinese (?) sent a ship as well, in the Russian tradition: big, ugly, and graceless. Anyway, it was a fun little book, and it may have been Robert Heinlein who wrote it (I'm remembering a certain birthday party at the beginning...not many authors write like that;) ). Anyone remember the title/author?
Yeah, it might be cool for slower games like CS, but I personally don't see any need for anything better than Counter Strike's current system (the mouth and jaw just go up and down depending on the volume of your voice). Now, in a single player game, this would just be a way to save time on the programmers part -- not having to manually sync cut scenes to prerecorded voice acting -- and I imagine in the not too distant future there won't even be a need for voice acting at all.
On the other hand, just about any of those newfangled MMO(RPG or otherwise) games could benefit from this. Even the space based ones could just animate your avatar when you are communicating with someone.
The only problem I see in its path is the fact that in-game voice transmissions are generally pretty crappy, even when configured properly (and anyone who has played half life in the past year knows what I mean, 99.9999999% of people don't know that they don't have to EAT the microphone to say something, or that the mike has it's own volume control...).
If microphones were just plug and play and the game adjusted them automatically, well, that'd be nice...
It's like 500 gallons of Jolt. Now, if you figure 100 mg of caffeine per 12 oz. can, that's like a pound of caffeine. Of course I'm probably so far off it's ridiculous, since I started with a really really rough guess at how many cans were there, and used the words 'about' and 'like' a lot. Propagated error...I seem to remember some professor or another mentioning something about that...
That's a surprisingly attractive idea, given the way I feel about in-your-face unwanted advertising. Hmmmm....maybe we can also h4x0r them like those flashing construction warning signs, and load them up with, oh I don't know, I suppose the obvious choice is pr0n...
Well, yes, I thought of that. I was referring to, specifically, the part where the parent mused about what kinds of things they'd be selling to people who listened to Classical, Opera, etc. I can't really see much of a point in making the advertisers think a decazillion people listen to country. I kind of think they'd see through that. Though, I suppose, it would ruin their numbers...
And, of course, I was trying and (as usual) failing to be funny.
And you'd be surprised how little I doubt some of them WILL have their PDA's surgically grafted to them within fifty years. Kinda weird sounding, but it'll be like wearing a suit:P
Oh yeah? Well I'm wrapping my radio in aluminum foil! HEAVY-DUTY aluminum foil! None of this wimpy Reynolds Wrap crap. Ain't NOBODY gonna pick up MY LO/IF signals!
Ford owns Astin Martin, and that's nice, but doesn't anyone agree that the Thunderbird looks horribly disfigured? Definitely one of the ugliest cars I've ever seen.
And as far as gadgets go, I'll never be rich, I'll just have lots and lots of toys.:)
You're right, and the utility in question I myself have used more than once to save a few hours of annoyance.
I've never thought Linux to be more cracker-friendly than Windows, even though it no doubt is, more for the (albeit somewhat foolish) reasoning that, by the time someone masters linux, they've probably grown up. At least, one can dream, right?
You're so right I feel like I just got kicked in the gut. In fact, so many people have been so right for so long in the face of such bloody-minded money-grubbing stupidity that I'm typing this from a prone position with one hand clutching my wounds. Please excuse any typos.
God, if only this were true. Not, of course, referring to you:) Most of us would just like our children to have an actual childhood, however brief.
Censorship is a bad thing only when foisted on adults. I think, however, that you are going to have a pretty hard time making the case that keeping a 7 year-old from accidentally encountering www.fursuitsex.com is a bad thing.
The first sentence is one reason why I like this idea. This is probably the only similar idea I think has any hope at all of working, because really, at its core, it isn't censorship. We protect children because children need protection. Children grow up to be adults, but until you become an adult (not at all based on age, which is also part of why I like this idea -- the parents choose when they feel their child is ready to assimilate the unmoderated internet) you are still being raised. Once you're all done being raised, fine. Childhood is over. I had a childhood, and I think everyone else should too. I liked it. I'm also rambling incoherently right now, so just ignore me.
Oh yeah, and killing the "but we must protect the children" argument is a gorgeous, swimmingly beautiful side effect that I had not considered, and for that, Hayzeus, I thank you.
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ROFL, I just called my brother and told him to mail me the Omnibus. It's just been too long. Now, I just have to find So Long and Thanks for all the Fish. Hmmm....
I guess you're right, after all. If we say for example that because games have such a high replay value, compared to box-office films, then we would have to include the purchase of the home version (DVD or VHS) in the amount spent on the movie.
So, I guess comparing games to music would work much better, since I imagine you could compare the replay value of games to music much more readily. I think my point about music still stands, then; people are choosing to buy the latest game before the latest CD, and the music industry is blaming it on piracy, instead of realizing that the money IS being spent...just on something else.
Quick, to the KAZAAMOBILE!!! Actually, something that old probably isn't even available on kazaa. I do know for a fact that I have the movie sitting at home somewhere, but that's 280 miles from here.... :(
You're right, I never really considered a lot of that. And, I suppose you get tons more replay out of a good game than you do a movie.
;)
And...uh...I suppose there isn't a whole lot more that I can say, since I basically agree with you.
...outsold the motion-picture industry by a billion dollars last year, and movie studios and record labels wonder why they are losing money? Come on! I've always thought that it was an obvious fact that 'x' dollars only go so far, and if some kid chooses to spend his allowance or paycheck on a computer game, there's that much less money LEFT to spend on a CD or movie ticket. Don't forget, either, that even just last year video games weren't nearly so prevalent. There are a lot more choices out there for me to spend my money on, but (go figure) I don't seem to have any more money this year to spend... The times, they are a changin', and the dinosaurs will be left in the dust.
Yeah, I sound just like a million other people, but I imagine myself and all those other people will continue to say the same things until they no longer need to be said.
You've reminded me of a book by...an author who's name I cannot remember. Perhaps you can help me. The book was about a guy who travelled to Venus in a wonderfully overengineered ship, pretty as hell, to recover the remains of his brother, who had gone earlier and died in the attempt. The Chinese (?) sent a ship as well, in the Russian tradition: big, ugly, and graceless. Anyway, it was a fun little book, and it may have been Robert Heinlein who wrote it (I'm remembering a certain birthday party at the beginning...not many authors write like that ;) ). Anyone remember the title/author?
Didn't skynet take over like four years ago?
Yeah, it might be cool for slower games like CS, but I personally don't see any need for anything better than Counter Strike's current system (the mouth and jaw just go up and down depending on the volume of your voice). Now, in a single player game, this would just be a way to save time on the programmers part -- not having to manually sync cut scenes to prerecorded voice acting -- and I imagine in the not too distant future there won't even be a need for voice acting at all.
On the other hand, just about any of those newfangled MMO(RPG or otherwise) games could benefit from this. Even the space based ones could just animate your avatar when you are communicating with someone.
The only problem I see in its path is the fact that in-game voice transmissions are generally pretty crappy, even when configured properly (and anyone who has played half life in the past year knows what I mean, 99.9999999% of people don't know that they don't have to EAT the microphone to say something, or that the mike has it's own volume control...).
If microphones were just plug and play and the game adjusted them automatically, well, that'd be nice...
There's no way to tell what will happen.
You, sir dentarthurdent, are correct.
It's like 500 gallons of Jolt. Now, if you figure 100 mg of caffeine per 12 oz. can, that's like a pound of caffeine. Of course I'm probably so far off it's ridiculous, since I started with a really really rough guess at how many cans were there, and used the words 'about' and 'like' a lot. Propagated error...I seem to remember some professor or another mentioning something about that...
*sigh*...I should probably just go to sleep, huh?
Let's make tools for the workers, rather than turning the workers into tools.
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*bink*
I'm gonna remember that one, thanks.
"Remember that marijuana plants are illegal in and of themselves"
Not nearly everywhere, or even in all of the US.
That's a surprisingly attractive idea, given the way I feel about in-your-face unwanted advertising. Hmmmm....maybe we can also h4x0r them like those flashing construction warning signs, and load them up with, oh I don't know, I suppose the obvious choice is pr0n...
I was going to ask the same thing, but I didn't have the balls.
I raise my cap to you. Good job.
Dude, we're talking about a Beowulf claster here. You can make a cluster of clasters, of that I'm certain.
Well, yes, I thought of that. I was referring to, specifically, the part where the parent mused about what kinds of things they'd be selling to people who listened to Classical, Opera, etc. I can't really see much of a point in making the advertisers think a decazillion people listen to country. I kind of think they'd see through that. Though, I suppose, it would ruin their numbers...
And, of course, I was trying and (as usual) failing to be funny.
And you'd be surprised how little I doubt some of them WILL have their PDA's surgically grafted to them within fifty years. Kinda weird sounding, but it'll be like wearing a suit :P
Only if it was a radioactive flying squirrel.
Oh yeah? Well I'm wrapping my radio in aluminum foil! HEAVY-DUTY aluminum foil! None of this wimpy Reynolds Wrap crap. Ain't NOBODY gonna pick up MY LO/IF signals!
Wait a minute...
Why would you have to emulate the signals? Just take a real radio out there and tune in! :)
"But because (Bond's) technology actually worked it helped us to the point where we all had cell phones and PDAs."
And may God damn him for it.
Ford owns Astin Martin, and that's nice, but doesn't anyone agree that the Thunderbird looks horribly disfigured? Definitely one of the ugliest cars I've ever seen.
:)
And as far as gadgets go, I'll never be rich, I'll just have lots and lots of toys.
You're right, and the utility in question I myself have used more than once to save a few hours of annoyance.
I've never thought Linux to be more cracker-friendly than Windows, even though it no doubt is, more for the (albeit somewhat foolish) reasoning that, by the time someone masters linux, they've probably grown up. At least, one can dream, right?
You're so right I feel like I just got kicked in the gut. In fact, so many people have been so right for so long in the face of such bloody-minded money-grubbing stupidity that I'm typing this from a prone position with one hand clutching my wounds. Please excuse any typos.
Most of us who have children understand this.
:)
God, if only this were true. Not, of course, referring to you
Most of us would just like our children to have an actual childhood, however brief.
Censorship is a bad thing only when foisted on adults. I think, however, that you are going to have a pretty hard time making the case that keeping a 7 year-old from accidentally encountering www.fursuitsex.com is a bad thing.
The first sentence is one reason why I like this idea. This is probably the only similar idea I think has any hope at all of working, because really, at its core, it isn't censorship. We protect children because children need protection. Children grow up to be adults, but until you become an adult (not at all based on age, which is also part of why I like this idea -- the parents choose when they feel their child is ready to assimilate the unmoderated internet) you are still being raised. Once you're all done being raised, fine. Childhood is over. I had a childhood, and I think everyone else should too. I liked it. I'm also rambling incoherently right now, so just ignore me.
Oh yeah, and killing the "but we must protect the children" argument is a gorgeous, swimmingly beautiful side effect that I had not considered, and for that, Hayzeus, I thank you.